Pros
- Highly responsive touchscreen
- Android OS offers great flexibility
Cons
- No standard headphone jack
- Fair battery life
Bottom Line
The G1 has great call quality and does a good job of melding hardware with the Android operating system.
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Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader: Watch Out, Kindle
Google beefs up Google Book Search efforts optimizing over a million titles for mobile devices including iPhone and T-Mobile G1.
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Google Launches Android Market
Arriving along with the official launch of T-Mobile's G1 is Google's Android Market, a place where G1 owners can download mobile applications.
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The Google Android Phone Arrives
T-Mobile's G1, the first phone out with Google's Android operating system, is finally here. The G1 boasts excellent ergonomics and call quality, but it's held back by basic omissions, such as no standard headphone jack and a camera with few features.
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In Pictures: 15 Killer Android Apps for the G1
If Google wants its Android-based phones to unseat Apple's iPhone as the top touch-screen handsets, it will have to offer cool apps. On the G1, T-Mobile customers will be the first to check out about 50 available applications. T-Mobile says that all apps are free until 2009. Here's a look at some of them.
- Why Android's 'Kill Switch' Is a Good Thing Google's first Android phone, T-Mobile's G1, has a "kill switch" that allows for remote removal of programs T-Mobile doesn't want you to use. Is this a good thing?
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Google's IPhone Killer
T-Mobile G1, though missing some key business features, is a phone that professionals, consumers, and developers will love.
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Is My Touchscreen Better Than Yours?
Where does the Android G1 rank among other touchscreen smartphones? We offer a some comparisons and a chart for you to make up your own mind.
- How Will Android Compare to the IPhone? Google's Android is as an open-source operating system meant to give smart phone manufacturers a powerful platform on which to...
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T-Mobile's G1 in Pictures
This week T-Mobile introduced the first phone to use the open-source Android operating system. Here's our look at some of the G1's most interesting features.
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SDK Shoot-out: Android vs. iPhone
Apple and Google differ along familiar lines with their smartphone development kits.
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T-Mobile Unveils Google Phone
T-Mobile has unveiled the G1, the first mobile phone to run Google's Android software. At a press conference in New York, the company showed the phone, which is based on HTC's Dream handset.
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